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Foreign Affairs

SleeplessinSoCal

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1. Slightly different take on the summit.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2024, 07:45 AM

Jun 2024

Russia has not been invited.

"This weekend, a secluded Swiss resort above Lake Lucerne will be transformed as dozens of world leaders and thousands of soldiers and police descend on Bürgenstock.

More than 90 countries and global institutions are attending the event, which aims to discuss basic principles for ending the conflict in Ukraine.

The Swiss hope that the Ukraine summit might produce the first tentative sketch marks for a peace process, some 28 months after Russia invaded its neighbour.

It is the biggest gathering for Ukraine since the full-scale invasion...."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22zlq4y20o

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A peace summit for Ukraine opens in Switzerland, but Russia won't be taking part [View all] sl8 Jun 2024 OP

Slightly different take on the summit. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2024 #1

The source cited in the OP did mention that ruzzia was not invited. niyad Jun 2024 #3

but the overall take was Russia not being included... SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2024 #4

All putler has to do is stop the war, bring all his surviving troops home, niyad Jun 2024 #2